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Good Faith

Is the ignore button DS's answer to any and all conflicts that may arise on the site?

It seems as though there are some habitual abusers of the site who get banned for one reason or another, ditch one account then come back on another one. But that's the only reason they come back, not because they've made changes and they realized they messed up, they just get their kicks out of messing with people who are hurting.

The options for the casual user seem to be:

1) Ignore them, because then if they don't get the attention they're after, maybe they'll go away.
2) Report them, but only after the user in question has shown their true colors again.

It's been mentioned that some people seem to be quick to click on the report button, but is it possible that some people need to be reported regardless of how innocent their username may make them sound?

The problem with ignore is that while some trolls are harmless..some are quietly also causing many more problems behind the scenes.

There was a guy that got ignored and complained about because of his posts. DS did nothing. He sent random messages to women asking them sexual questions. Some involving their children. DS were sent copies of the messages. They did nothing. He asked people for money. That was also reported. DS did nothing.

So saying &quot;Ignore&quot; is the answer is good advice. Many other communities elsewhere say &quot;don't bother to send us complaints about scammers, they will be gone now, don't send anyone money&quot;. And that is fair enough for most communities.

But DS is a community to support those that suffer from mental or physical or emotional distress. While I may click ignore, someone else who is less savvy, is feeling vulnerable is basically getting shafted. By a con artist, by the sexual preditor, by the malicious person.

I feel that DS has got more of a duty of care. If DS admin cannot do the job of removing these people then they are laying the vulnerable open. The answer is either to beef up DS admin (not likely) or find a way of legitimising the communities desire to protect their own.

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